Re: [abcusers] possible abctab2ps extensions

2001-11-14 Thread Jack Campin
I defintely don't want to have to write a Highland pipe jig (typical grace = 1/32) like: L:1/8 K:HP {g//}A{d//}A{e//}A {g//e//f//}e2 f | {g//}ec{G//}c {g//e//f//}e2 How about L:1/8 grace=1/32 K:HP {g}A{d}A{e}A {gef}e2 f | {g}ec{G}c {gef}e2 Why the quotes? I'd prefer L:1/8

Re: [abcusers] possible abctab2ps extensions

2001-11-13 Thread Christoph Dalitz
Ewan A. Macpherson wrote: How about L:1/8 grace=1/32 K:HP {g}A{d}A{e}A {gef}e2 f | {g}ec{G}c {gef}e2 Seems reasonable. Or maybe just L:1/8 {1/32} The format param=value is preferable because it is more flexible and allows future extensions. And most important, it solves

Re: [abcusers] possible abctab2ps extensions

2001-11-13 Thread James Allwright
On Mon 12 Nov 2001 at 07:21PM +0100, Christoph Dalitz wrote: James Allwright wrote: I wrote line break because I do not understand the abc guitar chords only as guitar chords, but more general as arbitrary text printed above a note. This includes guitar chords, basso continuo figures and

Re: [abcusers] possible abctab2ps extensions

2001-11-13 Thread Ewan A. Macpherson
Christoph Dalitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ewan A. Macpherson wrote: ? (In the case that `grace' is not specified we could fall back to, e.g., a standardized default of `grace=1/8'. Except for K:Hp or K:HP, where the default should be 1/32 . Was this the default in the old

[abcusers] possible abctab2ps extensions

2001-11-12 Thread Christoph Dalitz
Dear abc users and devellopers, meanwhile all originally planned tablature features are realised in abctab2ps and I plan to do other music extensions, mostly in the realm of early music. Before I introduce some other incompatible set of abc extensions, I would like to ask the other devellopers

Re: [abcusers] possible abctab2ps extensions

2001-11-12 Thread James Allwright
On Mon 12 Nov 2001 at 04:18PM +0100, Christoph Dalitz wrote: Before I introduce some other incompatible set of abc extensions, I would like to ask the other devellopers whether and how they already have addressed some of the following issues. 1) figured bass Both abctab2p2 and abcm2ps

Re: [abcusers] possible abctab2ps extensions

2001-11-12 Thread Ewan A. Macpherson
Christoph Dalitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2) rhythm of grace notes abc supports grace notes, which are printed by abc2ps as eigth notes in reduced size. A single grace note is printed as an eigth note with an oblique stroke (ie. a short appogiatura in 19th century context). While doing

Re: [abcusers] possible abctab2ps extensions

2001-11-12 Thread Christoph Dalitz
James Allwright wrote: 1) figured bass Both abctab2p2 and abcm2ps support line breaks (\n) and accidentals (\# \b \=) in guitar chords; I have adopted the syntax of abcm2ps in order to be compatible. I am not sure what a line break character would mean in the context of a guitar

Re: [abcusers] possible abctab2ps extensions

2001-11-12 Thread Laurie Griffiths
Tablature 1. Muse supports ABC to fretted instrument tab generation by giving string information after the duration, using a semicolon to delimit it. e.g. E2;4 Play E for 2 time units on string number 4. On the whole it's only necessary to give this information for a few notes, the rest can be

Re: [abcusers] possible abctab2ps extensions

2001-11-12 Thread Ewan A. Macpherson
Anselm Lingnau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How about L:1/8 grace=1/32 K:HP {g}A{d}A{e}A {gef}e2 f | {g}ec{G}c {gef}e2 Seems reasonable. Or maybe just L:1/8 {1/32} ? (In the case that `grace' is not specified we could fall back to, e.g., a standardized default of `grace=1/8'.